About Stephanie
Stephanie Heimann offers a warm, person-focused approach to therapy. She draws on acceptance, mindfulness, and practical behavioral techniques to help people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. Stephanie is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - with 15 years of experience and a straightforward, compassionate style.
She aims to create a welcoming and nonjudgmental space where the client’s priorities guide the work. Sessions focus on clear goals the client chooses, and on small steps that build toward those goals.
Background and approach
Stephanie names that change can feel hard and that some discomfort can be part of real growth. Her practice brings together Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and aspects of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. That mix lets her address unhelpful thinking, teach emotion regulation skills, and help people accept difficult feelings while moving toward what matters to them.
Mindfulness practices are used to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. Stephanie has worked in clinics, residential settings, hospitals, and schools. That range of settings informs her practical, flexible approach to problem solving.
She also values humor, music, time outdoors, and animal connection as helpful supports in healing. People typically come to her for help with parenting strain, relationship and family stress, self-esteem and depression, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and adjusting to life transitions. She works with adults and youth in Missouri and conducts sessions in English.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the client’s priorities; online sessions give space for that same careful listening and goal-setting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors; it translates well to video or phone work with homework and short skills practice between sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) combines learning to accept difficult emotions with making values-based choices, and it can be taught through discussion, exercises, and brief practices online.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Stephanie will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan when something is not working, so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful when visual cues and guided exercises help, while phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and text messaging work for brief updates, skill reminders, and when a shorter interaction fits someone’s day. These options help people access therapy around work, family, and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English